Do you consider the Three Gorges Dam to have been a good thing or a bad thing - is it a success or a failure? In my opinion i believe the Three Gorges Dam is a success‚ simply because of the millions of lives it will save‚ by flood control. Having said that‚ the Three Gorges Dam does have many negative aspects. The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric dam that spans the Yangtze river in Sandouping‚ Hubei province‚ China. It is the largest hydroelectric power station in the world. Construction began
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Juvenalian and Horatian Satire "Satire is a sort of glass‚ wherein beholders do generally discover everybody ’s face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind of reception it meets in the world‚ and that so very few are offended with it." Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)‚ Anglo-Irish satirist. The Battle of the Books‚ Preface (written 1697; published 1704). Satire is known as the literary style which makes light of a subject‚ diminishing its importance by placing it in an amusing
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far-fetched story satirizing the optimism promoted by the philosophers of the Age of Enlightenment. Voltaire uses satire as a means of pointing out injustice‚ cruelty and bigotry that is commonly found in the human society. Although the tale seems light and comical‚ Voltaire has more serious intentions behind the laughable plot line. Candide can therefore be classified as a satire because it combines humor and wit to bring about a change in society’s view on matters such as religion‚ war‚ and the
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Fools Love In this narrative poem The Lady of Shalott imprudently makes decisions that will later cost her‚ her life. Four gray towers and four gray walls embower the Lady of Shalott‚ who cannot look down on Camelot or a curse is put upon her. In her mirror she gazes at a striking red-cross knight and foolishly believes to have fallen in love. This knight had no idea of her existence and he too was love crazed for another woman. The Lady of Shalott was content dwelling within the castle
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of it. The reason for the differing reactions is because society deems it acceptable for humorists to act rude and keep their targets in check. The commentary might be satirical‚ but the underlying message of the author is extremely serious. For example‚ on the Colbert Report‚ Colbert explained that the owner of the NFL team the Washington Redskins had created “The Washington Redskins Foundation for the Original Americans”. In response‚ Colbert created “The Ching Chong Ding Dong Foundation for Sensitivity
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Peter then has to go to jail‚ translated orally as ‘prison’. The parody of the joke about his shower experience transfers well to French‚ as the ‘do not drop your soap in the prison shower’ gag is known in both cultures. Back home‚ Stewie offers his mom some grenades‚ quoting Forrest Gump’s ‘Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get!’. Unfortunately‚ the French adaptors did not take the exact quote from the movie: instead of saying ‘on ne sait jamais sur quoi on va tomber’
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Period 2 2/21/13 There’s nothing like walking through the park in the summertime‚ and seeing all the beautiful garbage scattered in the grass. It’s even better when you see the little bunnies chewing on that plastic wrapper someone left on the ground. Also‚ it’s just wonderful when you’re driving and you see someone throwing a cigarette butt out their window. Don’t you think so? Knowing that littering destroys wildlife is just one of the perks. When birds are carrying back plastic bags to make
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For many years‚ scientists have been experimenting in the field of cloning. Cloning uses an egg cell and a somatic cell to make a duplicate copy of the organism. It is currently a highly controversial topic in the scientific world. Many people can benefit from cloning. From farmers to patients‚ not only does cloning help scientists discover more about genetics‚ it will also help a lot of people. However‚ there are also ethical issues with cloning‚ such as the use of embryonic stem cells and cross-species
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Satire is used by cartoon artists to voice their own opinions on the issues and matters that we as Australians are faced with. A big genre includes Refugees and asylum seeker issues and problems. An example of this is an artwork by an artist living in a Refugee Camp. There is a clear difference between the baby that is in a detention centre and a baby that has freedom. This is done through binary opposites – for every positive there is a negative. An example of this is the baby on the left who only
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SECTION D: LITERATURE Syllabus for TERM I (SA I) FICTION TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA -A J Cronin Two Gentlemen of Verona is a touching story of Jacopo and Nicola‚ two brothers aged 12 and 13‚ who do odd jobs and live a hard life themselves to sustain and treat their elder sister Lucia‚ who is suffering from tuberculosis of the spine. A J Cronin uses the title of William Shakespeare’s famous play‚ The Two Gentlemen of Verona in an ironic manner. Cronin’s portrayal of these modern "gentlemen" of Verona
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